Pacers fall to Warriors 98-96

Thompson has big 4th quarter, game-winner

11:50 PM,
Mar. 4, 2014

David West gets between former Pacer Jermaine O'Neal (7) and David Lee of Golden State during the Warriors' 98-96 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Tuesday. West finished with 27 points to lead Indiana.

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Candace Buckner

Inside the Indiana Pacers' locker room, two of the veterans shared a hushed conversation near the buffet.

The star spoke of this "demoralizing" result, and the defensive anchor sat before his stall imagining what could have been done different to stop the Warriors' Klay Thompson from hitting the tough, game-winning shot.

So much was swirling in the postgame activity on Tuesday night after the Pacers fell to the Golden State Warriors 98-96. After Thompson knocked down a baseline jumper - his sixth field goal in the fourth quarter that featured both the peak and valley of the Pacers' defense - ...